Rick Wakeman, pianist on the original Life On Mars, performs the song at Radio 2's piano in memory of David Bowie.
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@KevinFieldLive8 жыл бұрын
One of the most powerful moments in BBC Radio 2s history. I was driving in my car, had just arrived home and simply sat in my car until it finished. A perfect tribute and a very personal private moment and yet shared by millions.
@richardmasters84244 жыл бұрын
Kevin Field - yes - me too. I’m delighted to have found this on the tube just now. I remember driving home that day when I first heard it and I’ve now got tears in my eyes again.
@OlafProt4 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same. And timed beautifully at the end.
@brynevans8354 жыл бұрын
Same here, just parked up outside my home after work. Sat there until the end. Extremely moving tribute.
@cpcnw3 жыл бұрын
Another car moment for me as well. Still brings a tear to my eye. That song seemed to encapsulate an era, humanity and the ultimate questioning of existence - all in one. Bloody genius.
@MiguelMGraziottin Жыл бұрын
It happened to me in the same way. I think I’ll never forget that moment. Thanks Rick.. thanks David ….God blessed you all
@dominomorton69898 жыл бұрын
me and this taxi driver that drove me home last night was listening to this song on the radio almost fucking balled my eyes out, never had a moment like that with a stranger. we were both in a state lol
@jongomm8 жыл бұрын
Well that was f*cking beautiful.
@user-ok5kj2qw9v7 ай бұрын
2023 now, and all these years later I still can't watch this without crying. The world needs more David Bowie.
@pigknickers8 жыл бұрын
I've got to limit myself a bit as I keep on crying and I'm getting fed up with it. Here I am again in tears. Bloody hell.
@oneinasquillion8 жыл бұрын
You're not alone x
@MadroneHumanRights8 жыл бұрын
+pigknickers millions are with you,
@BERTRAMCAT8 жыл бұрын
+simon evans the world of David is crying .
@-cosmicrogue-8 жыл бұрын
+pigknickers It's alright. It's perfectly fine to shed some tears. We're all still mourning his death. Eventually those tears will fade into warm smiles again.
@pigknickers8 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Rogue Thanks everyone. It's a bad time for everyone I know. Still it's nice to have some support. It's a terrible loss, like the end of an era. I just woke up with this playing in my head. I didn't know it was recorded at St Anne's Ct - I used to work there when it was EMI studios. Funny to think they all walked the same staircases as me....
@dinot45878 жыл бұрын
He didn't lose his battle with cancer. It's never a fair fight. RIP DAVID BOWIE.
@aherrmie8 жыл бұрын
That's the truth, unfortunately. I won my fight against Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2002, but it's still affecting me in all kinds of ways today.
@2wheels6strings8 жыл бұрын
+Amy Herrmann Hang in there, Amy!
@excelsior-zs7vh8 жыл бұрын
+Dino T The only true loss is to surrender.
@musixpression8 жыл бұрын
+Dino T I agree much with you. There are many fights that are not fair, and this is surely one of them. It's good that an intelligent clever man Rick Wakeman tells about the clever parts of ingenious composing by David Bowie. And finally David's musical ledgends will live, and so inspire other musicians, and noone and nothing will win that from him. I wasn't busy yet with his music on KZfaq, but i want to plan it in the right position for revolutionairy influences. It's coencidence that a sensitive indivdual called me the David Bowie of electronic music, so my emotions are also high especially by that. Rest in Peace David Bowie.
@LanfrancoAlbani8 жыл бұрын
+Dino T ... he didn't lose. He's returned home.
@wpollock18 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tribute. David Bowie knew who to go to for talent on his recordings. You can tell how much respect Rick has for the song!
@celt678 жыл бұрын
+wpollock1 Too right, I only just found out it was Nile Rodgers who played the guitar on 'Lets Dance'.
@teaboyuk8 жыл бұрын
And SRV on all the album
@hirschellitzenbaum94668 жыл бұрын
+wpollock1 Bowie has always known who to go to for talent on his recordings. He was wise enough to use Adrian Belew, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Fripp, RickWakeman, etc.
@tynebar8 жыл бұрын
+Hirschel Litzenbaum Mick Ronson.
@ladyblackstardust3908 жыл бұрын
Hirschel Litzenbaum Brian Eno.
@Powertuber10008 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest piano accompaniments of all time.
@RCAvhstape8 жыл бұрын
Wakeman = keyboard god
@keymaster88478 жыл бұрын
YES YES YES
@groovyone8 жыл бұрын
i agree with what you said about Wakeman. But dont forget about Mike Garson who played on many Bowie albums and tours for many years...
@WilliamSlaght8 жыл бұрын
+Helium Road Not piano God, that's for sure. Keyboards fine, but there are many excellent keyboardists. I like the reference keymaster did aha
@hugocestari76428 жыл бұрын
+LinkBulletBill Compared to whom, other than concert pianists, please.
@BeansMaskSheen8 жыл бұрын
+Helium Road hmm.. not sure what kind of music you are into man, but Rick Wakeman is in the top 10 best rock keyboardists of all time. Have you never heard of a little band called "YES"? seriously not sure what you consider a good keyboardist if your hating on wakeman who is a god among keyboardists. Pick up a copy of Six Wives of Henry the 8th or take a listen to Close to the Edge by Yes.
@edfou58 жыл бұрын
Stunning performance Mr. Wakeman. Jaw dropping. There's an interesting consistency in the thousands of fan comments I've been reading, which is the absolute willingness of men to admit that they've been crying over Bowie's passing. Men cry of course but we usually don't bring up the fact that we did. I'm a grown man of 63, a fan since I first saw David at the Boston Music Hall in 1972, and I've cried more than a few times over the past couple of days... inĉluding just now after having made the beautiful mIstake of watching this video. There are men, likely millions of men, around the world... straight men, gay men, young, middle aged and old, white, black, asian, hispanic... who will in future years, as I will, say they cried when Bowie died. The width and breadth and depth of the grief being felt around the world for this man's death is truly, truly remarkable, both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.
@billholmes69335 жыл бұрын
I wept when I saw this three years ago. And I just wept after seeing it again, three years later.
@suzietschirsch12575 жыл бұрын
@@billholmes6933 same here......three years later watching this in tears.
@christinerobinson5484 жыл бұрын
He is mourned by the whole world.
@bionicbigfoot Жыл бұрын
Where was the Music Hall? Present-day Orpheum-? I’ve always wondered. For the record, I’m 53, and when Bowie passed, well, I haven’t been the same since.
@gtx1960Ай бұрын
Gosh, David Bowie was an amazing talent but Rick has demonstrated on so many occasions that he is simply the master of the piano
@bjovers18 жыл бұрын
Every time someone talks about an artist, I compare them to Bowie. That guy was a great genius, artist and performer. One of the greatest. May you rest in peace.
@Wilburgur8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful stuff. *RIP Bowie you legend!!*
@JeithKarrett5 жыл бұрын
I keep getting bummed out about Bowie's death almost 3 years later. Goes to show how much of an impact he really had. RIP
@60s70s80sMusicFan8 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman's contribution to early Bowie classics like Hunky Dory was an important element to Bowie's music. Rick is one of the best keyboard players rock music has seen. His playing on Hunky Dory in particular, the sound of that upright piano he played, Bowie's outstanding writing, melody, taste in music.. This helped produce what I consider my fav Bowie album (not by a long shot mind you since he did so many phenom records), and one of the best pop rock albums of all time. I liked early Rick Wakeman interviews where he would be quite comical then blow you away with his masterful keyboard playing.Rick also had an interesting solo career. Six Wives was on my table quite often back in the day. Spot on Rick!
@lomax3438 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman was once asked if he woke up each morning celebrating the fact that he played the piano on Life on Mars. He replied, "Sort of - but I played on a lot of Des O'Connor LPs as well..."
@Dustshoe8 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman's comments about Bowie at the start of this tribute are interesting. To paraphrase him, he mentions "melody man; great ideas for chord structures - would throw in a surprise when you least expected it; 'I know how this is going to go, then it would change'; very clever guy." Mr Wakeman could have been describing Abba. In fact, I think that what Bowie and Abba had in common was this approach to their respective music-making as outlined by Mr Wakeman's own thoughts about Bowie's style here at the beginning. There is everything right about going off on a tangent.
@thundergod12988 жыл бұрын
+Dustshoe Abba, really????
@Dustshoe8 жыл бұрын
Well, SamGates, the bizarre thing is that in the 70s and 80s, at public school, it was as embarrassing to reveal a fondness for Bowie's music as it was Abba's. I've noticed this. Perhaps because Bowie was genre-defying, defied stereotypes, he annoyed a lot of people. Abba were just too honest and nice as a band - All these traits held by both these acts were anathema to the creeds held by certain sections of our society. Maybe they still are.
@winterlandboy8 жыл бұрын
+lomax343 Rick Wakeman is known for his sense of humour.. and he is a funny bloke... Des O Connor.. INDEED lol
@CB-xr1eg8 жыл бұрын
+Dustshoe Benny and Bjorn were influenced by David Bowie. Abba and David's songs certainly had some beautiful melodies.
@joesycamore28994 жыл бұрын
The greatest singer being paid tribute by the greatest keyboard player (in my opinion) playing one of the greatest songs ever written
@HuplesCat Жыл бұрын
Rick played on the original Bowie song. He wanted to join The Spiders but had committed to Yes. The greatest keyboard player of era and the greatest writer combined
@briane57067 жыл бұрын
Prog God Rick Wakeman playing David Bowie's greatest song. Genius, both of them. Real musicians that learnt their craft in small venues and honed it over many years.
@maxcohen138 жыл бұрын
I would expect nothing less than such a wonderful tribute by Wakeman. A true musician and a stand-up man in his own right.
@Pauleyh22 жыл бұрын
This puts me in tears, it just shows you the magic and craftsmanship of David Bowie’s songwriting and music!
@jomontanee8 жыл бұрын
I just stopped crying yesterday after 3 straight days crying. Now I start to cry again. Man oh man.
@g26s2398 жыл бұрын
+Montanee jo I have never had a celebrity death hit me like this before. Among the great musicians Bowie stands out as special.
@jomontanee8 жыл бұрын
+g26s239 Thank you so much. Thank you.
@ChrisShawMedia8 жыл бұрын
Well done, Rick. The best tribute imaginable... RIP Bowie...
@chevken18318 жыл бұрын
I've loved YES and Rick Wakeman, but this performance is the most beautiful solo that I ever heard Wakeman ever do.GOD!
@TheRealist20228 жыл бұрын
+ChevKen If you like classical... you wanna hear Rick do Clair De Lune... musical silk..
@atlasking61108 жыл бұрын
Birdman of Alcatraz. But this one was close!
@TheRealist20228 жыл бұрын
Atlas King Another one of my faves.... but "The Breathalyser" is worth a listen.. esp the lyrics!
@chevken18318 жыл бұрын
+Atlas King I have never heard "Birdman" up until now and it is stunning!
@chevken18318 жыл бұрын
+The realist It is so lilting and relaxing.
@larryfroot Жыл бұрын
Seven years on and I still find this to be such a beautiful tribute from a man who was there. Fly well, David.
@aeropilot44198 ай бұрын
Same same … can’t believe it’s been so long 🕯🌟
@JensP578 жыл бұрын
A simple, but fabulous tribute to Davis Bowie.Thank you, Rick
@JensP578 жыл бұрын
Jens P. Sorry fot the typo
@CB-xr1eg8 жыл бұрын
+Jens P " Sorry fot the typo "..that's hilarious! You do know how to edit your posts? Click on the 3 dots at the right of your comment, you can edit or delete.
@GeorgeForth3 жыл бұрын
Five years on and it's still one of most emotional performances I've ever listened to.
@gingercat86943 жыл бұрын
Thank you David, thank you Rick. I feel everything that matters when I hear this. Love to everyone, especially those finding life hard at the moment - you are not alone.
@DavidTransformer8 жыл бұрын
We are all sad and for many of us it feels like part of our very essence has been snatched away. I grew up on Bowie and three of the earliest albums I bought were Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Alladin Sane. With a start like that music was always going to play a major part in my life and that continues today and fortunately Glasgow has a great music scene. Thank you David RIP
@frontman19778 жыл бұрын
That is the most perfect rendition and feeling in a piano piece I have ever heard. Thanks Rick, and thanks David. RIP.
@JR-ez5xq8 жыл бұрын
I have a new appreciation for Wakeman. A beautiful and inspired rendition.
@JavierHuerta8 жыл бұрын
This has got to be the most heartfelt Bowie tribute I've ever listened to. Dripping with emotion. Hats off, Mr. Wakeman. You did it.
@leejt1013 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman is a legend to The Legend Bowie! What a Tribute to one of the greatest songs ever! *goosebumps* I could listen to that piano roll in the chorus forever.... 🎹🎶
@mrmoooable8 жыл бұрын
What a touching tribute.
@Dustshoe8 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman was there! In that tiny London studio in 1971! A marvellous melody that Mr. Wakeman brings to life again solely on piano! For 'Life On Mars?' I always wanted to know if the superb guitar break in the middle was done by the late Mick Ronson, and if it was done in one take or two. I cannot find anything on that.
@lucashenry72938 жыл бұрын
+Dustshoe The electric guitar was indeed recorded by Mick Ronson, who also wrote the strings arrangements... what a man !
@claudettepreisinger8 жыл бұрын
+Lucas HENRY RIP to David Bowie and Mick Ronson as well...
@SuperNevile8 жыл бұрын
+Lucas HENRY Yes, Mick Ronson also played piano and guitar on Lou Reed's "Perfect Day".
@donaldporter18768 жыл бұрын
+Claudette Preisinger Let us not forget Trevor Bolder!
@bengunns95008 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick, still remember life on mars when i heard it the first time on the radio after i joined the Army as a boy soldier in 1972, which i think was around the time i first heard six wives of henry VIII, my favourite track on that was Catherine Howard but they were all works of Art. by the way i am 59 now. RIP David Bowie. still remember Starman, i was still in school then when i heard it for the first time.RIP David Bowie, a legacy.
@omanmc8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Rick Wakeman. The ultimate tribute.
@richalderson60697 жыл бұрын
How lovely. Rick has a true lasting connection with David and his legacy by playing on that song.
@johnnyt8 жыл бұрын
Not a dry eye in the house
@JohnBontus8 жыл бұрын
+johnnyt Nope nope nope :'(
@stevehackett-ridgefieldctn20798 жыл бұрын
You have that right mate... every time I bloody play it...
@mial27818 жыл бұрын
+johnnyt true
@revol1488 жыл бұрын
+johnnyt It took me until Thursday before I could get through this without tears!
@stevehackett-ridgefieldctn20798 жыл бұрын
+Sam Gates Hello, it's an English expression. 'house' meaning 'the entire audience', wherever they are experiencing this..Cheers
@officeaddict338 жыл бұрын
A man who leaves behind his art leaves the world a better place.
@IanLeoTV8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful... Rest in peace David Bowie :(( the tears keep going
@keinrodriguez969211 ай бұрын
This music should travel the universe to show other worlds what human beings are capable of…
@davideleccese32578 жыл бұрын
Maybe I'm going to get insulted, but this tribute is WAY BETTER than Elton John's one
@Derisoireetsardonique8 жыл бұрын
He is the same pianist performing on the original recording...
@musicfreaksmith58178 жыл бұрын
+Davide Leccese I agree...I was gravely disappointed hearing Elton's so called tribute...Madonna's was better, Bruce Springsteen's was better...Now we just must brace ourselves for that no-talented Kayne to bastardize music with that crap he puts out...UGH
@BeansMaskSheen8 жыл бұрын
+Davide Leccese elton didnt even play a bowie song for his tribute..so poo on MR John
@zoznack8 жыл бұрын
Anyone who knows music isn't going to insult you. Rick's a classy and talented guy, and his piece was a tribute to the musical genius of Bowie-without a trace of sugary sweet, cornball kitsch.
@mrprogrock18 жыл бұрын
+Davide Leccese elton john used rick as a session musician also so he wont be insulted
@catwoman23293 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman is the grand wizard of keyboards. I've been a musician all my life and I'm insanely jealous of his mastery. Respect. 😉
@bionicbigfoot2 жыл бұрын
There’s just something about that generation of British musicians, right..???
@ladyblackstardust3908 жыл бұрын
That's so incredibly beautiful. Thank you Rick. Thank you very much.
@ladyblackstardust3908 жыл бұрын
I emailed Rick to thank him for this heartfelt tribute.
@huascar668 жыл бұрын
There's a great documentary on Showtime called "Five Years" which reviews five crucial years or periods in the musical evolution of David Bowie. In the first segment, which covers Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust, Rick Wakeman describes how Bowie asked Wakeman to play on Hunky Dory and how much Wakeman loved "Life On Mars" because of Bowie's clever and creative chord structures. Wakeman gives an example, saying before he begins to play, "I haven't played this in 40 years". Wakeman then plays a piano vignette of why he believes the song to be "genius". At the end, after he has finished playing Wakeman says, "I really must go home and learn to play this." It was quite a charming moment in the documentar. The above rendition of "Life On Mars" by Rick Wakeman is absolutely beautiful and sublime.
@jenniferfelan6947 жыл бұрын
What an incredible tribute to David Bowie. I love this!
@ACooke1088 жыл бұрын
A great tribute from the man who played the mellotron on Space Oddity. Thank you Rick. R.I.P. David.
@BrentMagellan8 жыл бұрын
+ACooke108: And from the man who played this on the original record as well!
@andymartin25718 жыл бұрын
Wow--Wakeman still plays flawlessly and still with so much heart. I never knew he was original keyboardist for LOM.
@AstrosElectronicsLab Жыл бұрын
RIP David Robert Jones. You gave us classics since the '60's, such as "Space Oddity", "Life on Mars?" and "Let's Dance!". (Plus his stint in the movie "Labyrinth" :))
@susanagonzalezmorales30328 жыл бұрын
Amazing Bowie,Amazing Wakeman ❤
@Essexkiwi8 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. I had forgotten just how good Rick Wakeman is on the piano.
@davidchamberlain54252 ай бұрын
Once you listen to Rick 🙏 One never forgets his truly phenomenal wonderment 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@pampetty25917 жыл бұрын
Omg!! Could I sit and listen all day and do nothing else???? Bowie's music is mind blowingly out of this world, Beautiful!
@ViolaM133 жыл бұрын
So beautiful song and so well played, wow, nice piano hands. Very beautiful
@QuicknStraight8 жыл бұрын
Heard this on the radio last night and it was a great tribute by another wonderful artist. He spoke so warmly about his times with Bowie too.
@paoloz43748 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman still magic....playing a tune from a genius
@suziecrebbin95738 жыл бұрын
Oh my God so tearful listening to Rick,my son died 5 months ago,he was brought up on bowie, so so very moving 💝
@jimdartouzos21278 жыл бұрын
Nice job by Rick Wakeman....paying tribute to David Bowie...Two Amazing musicians. Love you Bowie...and Rick. A beautiful song.
@Bigsbeee8 жыл бұрын
Taken me a week just to be able to listen anything related to David. Thank you Rick that was very nice. Missing you David Thank you for the memories
@SuperMozzman8 жыл бұрын
A fabulous tribute by one genius to another.
@albevanhanoy8 жыл бұрын
Now THAT's a guy who's got the right to give tribute to Bowie by playing one of his songs.
@satomiwa8 жыл бұрын
I never even realized Rick Wakeman played on this. I wasn't a fan of his music - my older brother drove me nuts with YES and similar prog stuff in the 70s. But obviously a brilliant pianist, and this was very touching. The Brit Awards should have him on stage by himself playing this exact piece along to a Bowie slideshow instead of the gawdawful Bono & cast "tribute" they have planned.
@colfnoble8 жыл бұрын
+satomiwa I wish I could "like" the above comment multiple times
@sambum72208 жыл бұрын
+satomiwa oh no not Bono.
@TorkG88 жыл бұрын
+satomiwa I'm not at all interested in any tribute shows they plan, I don't enjoy other artists singing his songs. I'd rather listen and watch the man himself.
@usmuse8 жыл бұрын
+satomiwa Yeah that is Richard Wakeman playing piano all over the Hunky Dory album. It is also Rick on Cat Stevens recording of Morning Has Broken. When they were doing a Cat Stevens special Rick was called to find out how he actually played it. He said well I'll play it at the special. The arses said uh no...
@SuperNevile8 жыл бұрын
+James Walker On my "Teaser and Fire-cat" album it credits Cat Stevens with guitar and piano. No credit for the arrangement on the sheet music either. Didn't Rick get £20 for the arrangement, the backup track and not to make a fuss?
@1970sthrowback8 жыл бұрын
This has actually filled my eyes with water, and Im a bIokey bloke. Grew up listening to David Bowie and Life on Mars was the first of his songs I knew as a kid. He originally lived a few streets from me in Brixton and can remember plain as day listening to this when it came out on Top Of the Pops in our dingy little basement slum we lived in. Its only now he's gone that its hit me hard how much I and everyone will miss him. People - never forget or under appreciate him. Its a bit of a cliche to say there will never be another like him but more than anyone else I can think of with there really will NEVER be another.
@knotchbass8 жыл бұрын
Huge Yes fan saying thanks for this tribute to David. He is watching and smiling from above Mr. Wakeman!!!!
@marinatb898 жыл бұрын
When I woke up that Monday and learnt David Bowie had passed, I was utterly shocked. I was so shocked that I didn't cry... Until I saw this tribute. Only then I begun to understand and accept the truth. Bowie was more than my favourite artist, he is part of who I am! I hope he is well wherever he is. I am more than grateful for all his contribution to our world...
@MarthaStout02028 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman is so talented! Touching tribute.
@bryan3dguitar8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick Wakeman. And for the most astute recognition of Bowie's compositional talent that I've ever heard and seen demonstrated. Thanks also for expressing your surprise at hearing something new when familiar chords are played at unexpected times with interesting, and perhaps even, unfamiliar melodies. Flashback: I remember a new, funky Bowie who was warmly embraced by hippies (Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada) in the golden years. I tried to be one (a hippy, not a Bowie fan) but I failed my astrology exam. I'm just starting out with Bowie's music (one artist I want to showcase in my own show) as a performer, but it strikes me that tunes like Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Wild Is The Wind, All The Young Dudes, Golden Years and This Is Not America might be good tunes for any Bowie fan, to begin their performance studies, with.
@tykiedog8 жыл бұрын
Well done Rick. I know Bowie was a great friend of yours and he meant a lot to you. A fitting beautiful tribute.
@Maceta4447 жыл бұрын
I can´t believe just now I find out the keyboards on Hunky Dory belong to the great Rick Wakeman. I fill kind of ashamed.
@SpammerOvTheGods5 жыл бұрын
He plays the Hammond B3 organ on Elton John's "Levon" as well. One busy session cat back then.
@joesycamore28994 жыл бұрын
He played on so many iconic tracks. This one, Morning has Broken, Space Oddity etc
@ViolaM133 жыл бұрын
I didn't know as well, what a talented musician. Not a front man, a base camp to climb on highest Mountains
@majestik1018 жыл бұрын
Beautiful rendition of one of the prettiest Davie Bowie songs ever. .Thank you from the USA. Rest in Peace, Mr. Bowie.
@JazzyFreathy8 жыл бұрын
It's heartbreaking. Just too much - but thank you Mr Wakeman. A fitting tribute to one legend from another.
@roxh18598 жыл бұрын
Lovely tribute to a lovely man .. David leaves us with beautiful music .. and in style .. on a Full Moon .. xo's
@MichaelFlynn08 жыл бұрын
Rick is brilliant as well...what feeling.
@mostlynull8 жыл бұрын
I still can't watch this without crying. I miss you, David. We all do.
@laurencebudes60988 жыл бұрын
Two of the all time great musicians. Rick and Bowie. Fabulous tribute 8-)
@RonWylie-gk5lc7 жыл бұрын
Lovely tribute to a very special and totally unique man
@welchgarcia8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick Wakeman for a beautiful tribute.
@marvinbnaylor8 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. No one can play it like Rick. My first musical memory was seeing Life On Mars on Top Of The Pops in 1973 when I was 11, before the famous blue suit video - the BBC put together some backstage footage, which I've not seen since. I was hooked from then on.
@dexterdog7178 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick Wakeman. Let's not forget who was with him in the beginning- you! Thanks for the great music you've given us also.
@jazzsaxboy8 жыл бұрын
That was amazing Rick. Just amazing. What a great tribute.
@rexmundi22378 жыл бұрын
Key to Bowie's style: surprising non-diatonic chord changes, and fantastic grooves. Add sublime surrealistic lyrics, press record and voila! Sheer pop brilliance.
@debsmcd68 жыл бұрын
From one mega talented musician to another and a lovely tribute.
@dclark44228 жыл бұрын
This beautiful song brought me to tears. Rest in peace, Mr. David Bowie.
@keriford548 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick, David certainly left his mark
@artpatten8 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT RICK!!! BOWIE WAS A TRUE GENIUS AND SO IS MR. RICK WAKEMAN MAN!!! HE HAVE VERY FAST FINGERS!! AH SO!!!
@thevomiteers23578 жыл бұрын
A very touching tribute, by a maestro who retains the complete command of the instrument he has always had..
@DerekLyons8 жыл бұрын
So love this and feeling sad again. I had the honour to have worked on the same film with David in the mid 1980's. He was a kind and beautiful man. Rest in the Stars David.
@Fogon597 жыл бұрын
Absolute fuckin' genius, on both Bowie;s and Rick's part....Thanks to both of you, that was the greatest song of my childhood!
@Fogon597 жыл бұрын
And my adulthood as well!
@denneb778 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful and grateful to Rick giving us this gem. I've heard a radio interview from years back where Rick talks about David inviting him over and using his twelve string to play all the songs that would become Hunky Dory and being that they were recorded so close together I'd bet some of Ziggy Stardust songs were among them as well. Rick mentioned realizing immediately how special these songs were. Being asked to put them to piano turned out to be more than just a little session time to a young musician looking to make rent. He became a part of music history. I was twelve years old when this was released and at the time couldn't quite get what all the songs meant but the sound was so different it made you just stop and listen. With Ziggy Stardust released so soon after Bowie was getting tons of Am radio air time almost all at once. The line in Changes, "look out you rock-n-rollers" was for certain! There was no way for me to know at that age just how important this David Bowie was or would become. Somehow the man tapped into a vein of pure genius and we are all the better for it. I'm still shaking my head now at 21 days of time without the man living among us and had no idea how much I would miss him. My grandchildren are already getting a good introduction you can be sure!
@phillace8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Tribute From a Keyboard Legend !
@jackadamaldrich4 жыл бұрын
I feel so honoured to live so near to Rick, he lives about 10 minutes dowm the road from me and I make sure to look at his house every time I pass it. what a Man, what a tribute
@Spock1057 жыл бұрын
Wakeman is a down to earth man ,very phylosofical and great taste of humour. Saw him a few times with Yes. His playing is always perfect or near perfect - that is if the soundcrew don't screw up which happened more than often at the start of Yes concerts. He contributed also on a Black Sabbath album. Don't think he'll ever return to Yes unless Jon is involved. Will try to see him with the ARW concerts. Very nice tribute here.
@crumplezone18 жыл бұрын
An unequalled score, and once again excellently executed, nice one Rick
@chrishead5110Ай бұрын
Beautiful and sad and wonderful and wow. How lucky are we all to have known such talent and generosity. Hats off Rick, head bowed Bowie.
@FigmentSALabel3 жыл бұрын
I want to see Rick playing all the way through.
@patjoslin8 жыл бұрын
Didn't even need to take his jacket & scarf off to play..brilliant.
@geoffolehane8 жыл бұрын
Very nice. In the 1970's Rick Wakeman was one of my favorite musicians and this seems to be very appropriate
@alterego554 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorites, Rick Wakeman and David Bowie. I have to return every month or so to spend an hour or two just listening and watching.
@ModshackMerlin8 жыл бұрын
It sounds almost classical, played like that. A beautiful and sensitive performance. Thank you Rick.
@cristianr.o.h82118 жыл бұрын
Este es el mejor homenaje a David Bowie gracias maestro Wakeman's.
@Carloshileno8 жыл бұрын
Como siempre, Rick Wakemans un tremendo artista rindiendole tributo a otro grande....hermoso...
@MrBluesboy218 жыл бұрын
One of the best ballads ever written.
@revelchristian41458 жыл бұрын
Merveilleux hommage à un grand artiste !! Bravo Rick que j'ai découvert dans les années 70 en allant en Angleterre.